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December 21, 2012 Kobo Android™ App Now Available in Japan December 20, 2012 Personnel Change Announcement December 20, 2012 Notice of Voluntary Application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) December 05, 2012 Rakuten Now Accepting Pre-Orders for the 5” kobo mini eReader November 27, 2012 Rakuten Research Set to Launch Social Research Service November 21, 2012 Issuance of Subscription Rights to Shares as Stock Options November 15, 2012 New kobo glo eReader Ships Today November 15, 2012 Kobo and TOP CULTURE Conclude Agreement on Sale of eReaders November 14, 2012 Launch of the Industry’s First Combined Online and IC Card E-MoneyPayment Service Rakuten Edy Online November 6, 2012 Rakuten to Open a New Fulfillment Center in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture in 2014 November 6, 2012 Rakuten Edy Develops Industry’s First Multi-platform E-Money Transaction Terminal November 6, 2012 Issuance of Subscription Rights toShares as Stock Options November 6, 2012 Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results have been released November 6, 2012 Rakuten Acquires Alpha Direct Services November 6, 2012 Personnel Change Announcement November 1, 2012 Kobo Glo and Kobo Mini eReaders Join Kobo Touch in Japan November 1, 2012 Rakuten Empowers Japanese Retailers to Break into the Indonesian Market October 31, 2012 Edy Accounts Now Chargeable Direct from PersonalBank Accounts Using Rakuten Edy Application October 31, 2012 Rakuten Set to Ignite Online Shopping in Malaysia October 30, 2012 Rakuten Ichiba’s Exceeds One Trillion Yen In Annual Gross Merchandise Sales October 17, 2012 CGC and Rakuten Edy Agree on Greater Use of e-Money October 15, 2012 “Minshu Diary” Launches the “Minshu Link” Service, Japan’s First Business Career SNS Site for Students October 1, 2012 Rakuten EMOBILE’s LTE-CompatibleMobile Data Communication Service,Rakuten Super WiFi Starts Today September 20, 2012 Notice on the acquisition of shares in and inclusion as subsidiary ofAIRIO Life Insurance Co., Ltd. September 19, 2012 Rakuten and eAccess Agree to Joint Investment for the Establishment of “Rakuten EMOBILE” to Begin a Mobile Data Communication Service September 19, 2012 Announcing Rakuten Super WiFi, an LTE-Compatible Mobile Data Communication ServiceRegistration Starts Today! September 10, 2012 Rakuten to Open New Fulfillment Center in Kawanishi City, Hyogo Prefecture September 6, 2012 Notice Regarding Media Articles September 6, 2012 An eReader for Everyone -Kobo Breaks Ground for eReading with New Family:Kobo Mini, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, and Kobo Arc September 3, 2012 Rakuten Jumps into Coupon Business August 31, 2012 Launch of Rakuten Warranty Service, “Safe Compensation Service” August 27, 2012 Easy Wi-Fi Set-Up Makes Getting Started with Your Kobo eReader Simple August 6, 2012 Personnel Change Announcement August 3, 2012 Granting of Stock Options (Subscription Rights to Shares) August 3, 2012 Notice regarding difference between results of Rakuten, Inc. for the six months ended June 30, 2012 with the results of the six months ended June 30, 2011 August 3, 2012 Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results have been released August 3, 2012 kobo Touch eReader now on sale at Aeon retail stores August 1, 2012 Personnel Change Announcement July 23, 2012 Personnel Change Announcement July 21, 2012 Granting of Stock Options (Subscription Rights to Shares) July 19, 2012 Kobo Touch eReader™ Hits Japan Full Force throughRakuten’s e-Commerce Platform and Retail Stores July 18, 2012 Notice Regarding Media Articles July 9, 2012 Online Supermarket “Rakuten Mart” Set to Start Service on July 9 July 9, 2012 New Residential Solar Panel Sales Service “Rakuten Solar” Set to Start on July 17 July 5, 2012 Rakuten to Display Kobo Touch eReader in Major Bookstores in Japan through a Partnership with Book Retailers July 4, 2012 Rakuten launches “Pin It” button to post images to Pinterest July 2, 2012 Kobo Launches in Japan withWorld Class Full‐Service eReading Platform June 26, 2012 Rakuten Shashinkan launches “Smartphone Print” for iPhone. June 22, 2012 Personnel Change Announcement June 21, 2012 Granting of Stock Options (Subscription Rights to Shares) June 13, 2012 Rakuten Acquires Wuaki.tv May 31, 2012 Best Denki Co., Ltd. Opens Shop on Rakuten’s Indonesian Shopping Mall, “Rakuten Belanja Online” May 24, 2012 Rakuten to Launch E-Commerce Service in Malaysia May 17, 2102 Notice on the transfer of subsidiary May 17, 2012 Rakuten Leads Investment In Pinterest May 15, 2012 Passenger and Rakuten Research Team Up to Introduce “Social Research,” a New Market Research Service May 14, 2012 Notice on the business and capital alliance with Stylife Corporation May 10, 2012 First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results have been released May 7, 2012 Retrospective Application of a New Accounting Policy Regarding Loyalty Points April 24, 2012 Rakuten Launches Online Shopping Mall"Rakuten.com.br Shopping" in Brazil April 20, 2012 Granting of Stock Options (Subscription Rights to Shares) April 20, 2012 Closure of e-commerce service through Lekutian in China April 16, 2012 Rakuten, Japan Post Team Up to Help Domestic EC Merchants Sell in Foreign Markets March 29, 2012 Personnel Change Announcement March 6, 2012 bitWallet, KDDI, and Dai Nippon Printing start testing of jointly developed next-generation e-money system using NFC March 5, 2012 24-hour Sale Drives Record Day for Rakuten Ichiba February 21, 2012 First local Rakuten affiliate in Southeast Asia set for March debut in Singapore February 20, 2012 Notice on partial amendments to the Articles of Incorporation February 20, 2012 Stock Options (Subscription Rights to Shares) February 20, 2012 Announcement of Stock Split and Change in Basic Stock Trading Unit under the Establishment of a New Stock Unit System. February 20, 2012 Personnel Change Announcement February 13, 2012 Notice on difference between results of Rakuten, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 with the results of the previous fiscal year February 13, 2012 Notice regarding Dividends on Surplus February 13, 2012 Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2011 Financial Results have been released February 6, 2012 Rakuten Travel opens three new China branches to support growthNew service for air ticket sales also launched February 1, 2012 bitWallet to change its registered name, services and logo January 27, 2012 Personnel Change Announcement January 24, 2012 Notice Regarding Media Articles January 17, 2012 Edy E-money Now Accepted for the Purchaseof Ameba’s Online Virtual Currency January 12, 2012 Rakuten Closes Acquisition of Kobo
